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Edward Powell^1,2

Key Events:

• Edward married Elizabeth Ranson.^3,4
• Edward died Bef 16 Sep 1773 in Parish of Antrim, Halifax Co., Virginia.^5,6

Citations

1. Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 1:41-2, Edward Powell will, 16 Sep 1773.
2. Macon, Alethea Jane, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 7.
3. Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 1:41-2, Edward Powell will, 16 Sep 1773, shows his wife as Elizabeth.
4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
5. Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 1:41-2, Edward Powell will, 16 Sep 1773, dated 18 Jul 1766, proved 16 Sep 1773, shows him of Antrim, Halifax Co.
6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as bef. 16 Sep 1773, parish of Antrim, county, and state.

Elizabeth Ranson^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Elizabeth Ranson was born in 1705 in Virginia.⁴
• Elizabeth married Edward Powell.^3,5
• Elizabeth died in 1776 at age ~71.^6,7

Citations

1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as Elizabeth.
2. Willeford, Nola, "Your site (p36.htm)," e-mail to author, 7 Apr 2006, shows name as Elizabeth Ranson.
3. Will Books, Halifax Co., Virginia, 1:41-2, Edward Powell will, 16 Sep 1773, shows his wife as Elizabeth.
4. Willeford, Nola, "Your site (p36.htm)," e-mail to author, 7 Apr 2006.
5. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date as after 16 Sep 1773.
7. Willeford, Nola, "Your site (p36.htm)," e-mail to author, 7 Apr 2006, shows year.

Gov. Martin Chittenden^1,2

Parents

Key Events:

• Gov. Martin Chittenden was born on 12 Mar 1766 in Salisbury, Connecticut Colony.^3,4
• Martin married Anna Bentley on 12 Mar 1793.^5,6
• Martin died on 5 Sep 1840 in Williston, Vermont, at age 74.^7,8
• He was buried in Old Cemetery, Williston, Vermont.⁹

Citations

1. Births, Deaths, Marriages, Town Meetings, Salisbury, 1:150, birth record for Martin Chittenden.
2. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 35.
3. Births, Deaths, Marriages, Town Meetings, Salisbury, 1:150, birth record for Martin Chittenden, shows date.
4. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 35, shows date.
5. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:86, shows date, as 12 Mar 1793.
6. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 59, shows date, as 12 Mar 1796.
7. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 59.
8. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:86.
9. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, citing Political Graveyard.

Sarah Childs^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Sarah Childs was born ca. 1723.⁴
• Sarah married Jonathan Willard, son of Jonathan Willard and Elizabeth Whitney.^5,6,7
• Sarah died on 3 Apr 1750 in Colchester, Connecticut, at age ~27.^8,9
• She was buried in Old Burying Ground, Colchester, Connecticut.³

Citations

1. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 259, shows name as Sarah Childs.
2. Pope, Charles Henry, Willard Genealogy, pg 79, shows name as Sarah Childs.
3. Randall, Frank E., "Inscriptions in the Old Burying Ground at Colchester, Conn.," inscription from stone of Sarah, wife of Johathan Willard.
4. Randall, Frank E., "Inscriptions in the Old Burying Ground at Colchester, Conn.," inscription from stone of Sarah, wife of Johathan Willard, shows she died 3 Apr 1750 in her 28th year.
5. Randall, Frank E., "Inscriptions in the Old Burying Ground at Colchester, Conn.," inscription from stone of Sarah, wife of Jonathan Willard.
6. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 258.
7. Pope, Charles Henry, Willard Genealogy, pg 79, shows her as his first wife.
8. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, vol 18, Colchester First Congregational Church, pg 326, citing vol 1 pg 43, shows date.
9. Randall, Frank E., "Inscriptions in the Old Burying Ground at Colchester, Conn.," inscription from stone of Sarah, wife of Jonathan Willard, shows date.

Jonathan Willard^1,2

Parents

Key Events:

• Jonathan Willard was born on 27 Jun 1693 in Roxbury, Connecticut.^1,2
• Jonathan married first Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of John Whitney and Mary Hapgood.^3,4,5
• Jonathan married second Mary Cooke, daughter of Samuel Cooke, on 23 Jan 1729.^1,2

Citations

1. Willard, Joseph, Willard Memoir, pg 384.
2. Pope, Charles Henry, Willard Genealogy, pg 39.
3. Willard, Joseph, Willard Memoir, pg 384, shows as his first marriage.
4. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, pg 646, shows married.
5. Hapgood, Warren, The Hapgood Family, pg 23.

Elizabeth Whitney^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Elizabeth Whitney was born on 21 Jan 1690/91 in Framingham, Massachusetts.^4,5
• Elizabeth married Jonathan Willard, son of Jonathan Willard and Mary Browne.^6,7,3
• Elizabeth died on 4 Jul 1728 in Worcester, Massachusetts, at age 37.^8,9,10
• She was buried in Worcester, Massachusetts.¹¹

Citations

1. Willard, Joseph, Willard Memoir, pg 384.
2. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, pg 646.
3. Hapgood, Warren, The Hapgood Family, pg 23.
4. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, pg 646, shows date, with year as 1690/1, and town.
5. Hapgood, Warren, The Hapgood Family, pg 23, shows date, with year as 1690.
6. Willard, Joseph, Willard Memoir, pg 384, shows as his first marriage.
7. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, pg 646, shows married.
8. Pope, Charles Henry, Willard Genealogy, pg 39, shows date, with year as 1728.
9. Hapgood, Warren, The Hapgood Family, pg 23, shows date, wiht year as 1720.
10. Willard, Joseph, Willard Memoir, pg 384, shows year and town.
11. Pope, Charles Henry, Willard Genealogy, pg 39.

Ebenezer Chittenden^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Ebenezer Chittenden was born on 31 Aug 1699 in Guilford, Connecticut Colony.^4,5,6
• Ebenezer married Mary Johnson, daughter of Samuel Johnson and Mary Sage, on 21 Mar 1723 in Guilford, Connecticut Colony.^7,8,9
• Ebenezer died on 8 Aug 1756 in Guilford, Connecticut Colony, at age 56.^4,8,10

Citations

1. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 16.
2. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 6:292.
3. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:84.
4. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:85, shows date, town, and state.
5. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 16, shows date.
6. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 6:292, shows year.
7. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, and state.
8. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 21, shows date.
9. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:85.
10. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 6:292, shows year and town, as East Guilford.